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Event Comment: As altered by Mr Dryden and Sir William Davenant from Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Enchanted Island

Performance Comment: Prospero-Furnival; Ferdinand-Kennedy; Hippolita-Mrs Phillips; Ariel (with the Songs proper)-Mrs Kennedy; Stephano-Morgan; Trincalo-L. Hallam; Alonzo-Lee; Caliban-Paget; Antonio-Dove; Gonzalo-Blakey; Ventoso-Cushing; Mustacho-Julian; Sycorax-Hallam Sen; Miranda-Mrs Hallam; Dorinda (with the Songs proper)-Mrs Cushing; Setebos-Granier; Pluto-Brett; Demons-Baker, Jackson, Toole; With all the Dances- proper to the Play; Concluding with a Grand Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite-.
Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Event Comment: Benefit for Dunstall and Oates, Jr. [the Company Harlequin]. Charges #60. Deficit to each #13 15s. 3d., covered by income from tickets; Dunstall #32 9s.; Oates #29 6s. Receipts: #32 9s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lady Jane Gray

Afterpiece Title: A Cure for a Scold

Performance Comment: As17500327 but parts distributed: Manly-Dunstall; Heartwell-Baker; Gainlove-Wilder; Archer-Cushing; Physician-Redman; Tooth Drawer-Hackett; Peter-Holtham; Sir William Worthy-Collins; Lucy-Miss Young; Flora-Miss Falkner; Peg-Mrs Dunstall.
Cast
Role: Sir William Worthy Actor: Collins

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Performance Comment: As17500913, but Loveless-Sowdon; Sir William-Taswell; Young Worthy-Palmer; Mrs Anne-Mrs Cross; Amanda-Miss Bellamy; Lawyer-_; Occasional Prologue-_.
Cast
Role: Sir William Actor: Taswell
Role: Sir Novelty Actor: Woodward

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: others Actor: Mrs Pit, Mrs _Toogood.
Event Comment: Benefit for ye General Lying-in-Hospital. Afterpiece a new farce (Cross). Part of Pit laid into Boxes & Amphitheatre on Stage. Ladies are desired to send their servants at 3 o'clock. Receipts: #320 (Cross); Charges #84 (Winston MS 8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: The Rout

Performance Comment: Actors only in bill, but Feeble-Yates; Felix-Obrien; Sir William Wheedle-Palmer; Mrs Furbelow-Mrs Bennet; Rhodamintha-Miss Barton; Lady Never Settle-Miss Pritchard; Blunderbuss-Bransby; Balloon-Blakes; Friendly-Packer (Genest, IV, 542-43).
Cast
Role: Sir William Wheedle Actor: Palmer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: As17601124, but characters assigned as follows: Shift, Mrs Cole, Smirk-Foote; Epilogue, Prologue to the Author-Wilkinson; The Minor-Dyer; Richard Wealthy-Sparks; Sir William-Dunstall; Transfer-Bennet; Loader-Davis; Richard-Collins; Lucy-Mrs Burden.
Cast
Role: Prologue to the Author Actor: Wilkinson
Role: The Minor Actor: Dyer
Role: Sir William Actor: Dunstall

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Entertainment: By Desire, Lady Pentweazle's Scene from the Comedy Taste, Lady Pentweazle-Wilkinson; Carmine-Davis

Dance: LLes Charboniers-Sg Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

Event Comment: Income from Boxes #17 6s. Paid subscription to St George's Hospital one year #5 5s. Paid Foote one-quarter part of #89 2s., being the surplus above #60, allow'd for charge as per agreement #22 5s. 6d. Receipts: #149 2s. (Winston Theatrical Record)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: Shift, Mrs Cole, Smirk, Epilogue-Foote; The Minor-Shaw; Richard Wealthy-Sparks; Sir William-Dunstall; Transfer-Bennet; Loader-Davis; Richard-Collins; Lucy-Mrs Burden.
Cast
Role: The Minor Actor: Shaw
Role: Sir William Actor: Dunstall

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: LLes Charboniers, as17611012

Event Comment: Benefit for Costollo, Mrs Pitt, Stede. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. No Building on Stage. Tickets sold at the door will not be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: As17620122, but[probably the full length play of 10 Nov. 1761] The Minor-Dyer; Richard Wealthy-Hull; Sir William Wealthy-Costollo; Smart-Wignell; Canker-R. Smith, rest as17611110.
Cast
Role: The Minor Actor: Dyer
Role: Sir William Wealthy Actor: Costollo
Role: Sir James Elliot Actor: Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: Marplot in Lisbon

Dance: II: New Comic Dance, The Woodcutters-Leppie, a young gentlewoman his scholar; IV: The Taylors, as17620107

Entertainment: After: Hippisley's Drunken Man-Shuter (This Night only)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Never acted before, a New Dramatic Opera [Bickerstaffe] the Music by Handel, Boyce, Arne, Howard, Baildon, Festing, Geminiani, Galluppi, Giardini, Paradies, Agus, Abos; with a New Overture composed by Mr Abel. Full Prices. Books of the Opera sold at theatre. [See Theatrical Review; or, Annals of the Drama, 1763, pp. 22-36: Compares Bickerstaff's opera at length with Charles Johnson's Village Opera.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Principal parts: Beard, Mattocks, Collins, Shuter, Dyer, Dunstall, Baker, Barrington, Holtom, Bennet, Davis, Mrs Younger, Mrs Stephens, Miss Miller, Mrs White, Mrs Walker, Miss Davies, Miss Brent, Miss Hallam. Hawthorn-Beard; Justice Woodcock-Shuter; Young Meadows-Mattocks; Eustace-Dyer; Sir William Meadows-Collins; Hodge-Dunstall; Rosetta-Miss Brent; Lucinda-Miss Hallam; Deborah Woodcock-Mrs Walker; Margery-Miss Davies; Others-Baker, Barrington, Holtom, Bennet, Davis, Mrs Younger, Mrs Stephens, Miss Miller, Mrs White (Edition of 1763); Dances Incident to the Opera-Maranesi, Miss Twist. (playbill).

Dance: II: The Jealous Woodcutter, as17621023

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: As17621229, but Sir William Meadows-Bennet for Collins.

Dance: II: The Sicilian Peasants, as17621125

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: See17631022, but assignment of parts first given here: Hawthorn-Beard; Woodcock-Shuter; Sir William Meadows-Bennet; Young Meadows-Mattocks; Eustace-Dyer; Hodge-Dunstall; Margery-Mrs Davies; Deborah-Mrs Walker; Lucinda-Miss Hallam; Rosetta-Miss Brent; Servants at the Statute-Barrington, Holtom, Mrs Stephens, Miss Miller; Dances-Granier, Miss Twist.

Dance: I: The Sicilian Peasants, as17631005; II: The Cudgell'd Husband, as17631101

Music: II: Mr Handel's Water@Music, with a preamble on the Kettle Drums-Poitier

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Hawthorn-Beard; Woodcock-Shuter; Sir William-Bennet; Young Meadows-Mattocks; Eustace-Dyer; Hodge-Dunstall; Margery-Miss Twist (first attempt as an actress); Deborah Woodcock-Mrs Walker; Lucinda-Mrs Mattocks; Rosetta-Miss Brent; Servants at the Statute-Barrington, Holtom, Gardner, Mrs White; with a Dance incidental to the Opera-.

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Dance: II: The Garland, as17651003

Event Comment: Benefit for Hopkins, prompter and Mrs Hopkins. Afterpiece: A Ballad Pastoral in two acts (by Allan Ramsay) with original Scotch music. Never Performed there. Tickets deliver'd by Phillips will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Performance Comment: Patie-Vernon; Sir William Worthy-Packer; Roger-Moody; Symon-Parsons; Bauldy-Love; Glaud-Bransby; Jenny-Mrs Hopkins; Mause-Mrs Love; Madge-Johnston; Elspa-Mrs Bradshaw; Peggy (With Thro the Wood Laddie)-Miss Wright.
Cast
Role: Sir William Worthy Actor: Packer

Entertainment: RRalph Ramble, or O Rare London-King, at End of Play By Particular Desire, followed by

Dance: %New Tambourine, as17660123

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Hawthorn-Beard; Woodcock-Shuter; Sir William Meadows-Bennet; Young Meadows-Mattocks; Eustace-Dyer; Hodge-Dunstall; Margery-Mrs Baker; Deborah Woodcock-Mrs Walker; Lucinda-Mrs Mahon, 1st appearance that stage; Rosetta-Mrs Mattocks, 1st time; Servants at the Statute-Barrington, Miles, Holtom, Gardner, Mrs White; Dance-incidental to the opera.

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: II: The Village Romps, as17661008

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Hawthorn-Morris, 1st time; Woodcock-Shuter; Sir William-Bennet; Young Meadows-Mattocks; Eustace-Dyer; Hodge-Dunstall; Margery-Mrs Baker; Deborah-Mrs Pitt; Lucinda-Mrs Mattocks; Rosetta-Mrs Pinto; Servants at the Statute-Barrington, Miles, Holtom, Gardner, Mrs White; With a Dance- incident to the opera; The New Occasional Prologue-Powell.

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performance Comment: Citizen-Woodward; Old Philpot-Shuter; Sir Jasper-Dunstall; Young Wilding-Dyer; Quildrive-Perry; Beaufort-Baker; Dapper-Cushing; Corinna-Mrs Cokayne; Maria-Mrs Mattocks; With Epilogue-Woodward, Shuter.
Cast
Role: Sir Jasper Actor: Dunstall

Dance: II: Serious Dance, as17670916

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The English Merchant

Performance Comment: Freeport-Holland,1st time; Lord Falbridge-Reddish, 1st time; Sir William Douglas-Havard; Owen-Burton; Officer-Strange; La France-Baddeley; Spatter-King; Lady Alton-Mrs Abington; Mrs Goodman-Mrs Hopkins; Molly-Miss Pope; Amelia-Mrs Palmer.
Cast
Role: Sir William Douglas Actor: Havard

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Rooker; Pantaloon-Grimaldi; Clown-Ackman; Hermit-Kear; Fribble-J. Burton; Servant-Castle; French Lady-Johnston; Old Lady-Mrs Cross; Colombine-Mrs King; Country Girl (with song)-Miss Young; The Dances-Sg and Sga Giorgi.
Event Comment: Mainpiece [by Oliver Goldsmith]: Never Perform'd Before. [Quick, mentioned by Genest, does not appear on the playbill. The Edition of 1768 casts Mrs White as Landlady, and Cushing as Butler. It does not include Morris or Morgan, but adds Post@Boy-Quick; Bailiff-R. Smith; Dubardieu-Holtom. (See 1 Feb.) The Theatrical Monitor, No XI (6 Feb.), reviews the mainpiece in a lukewarm, judicial manner.] Receipts: #227 4s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Good Natured Man

Performance Comment: Parts by Powell, Shuter, Woodward, Bensley, Clarke, Dunstall, Morris, Morgan, Cushing, Mrs Mattocks, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Green, Mrs White, Mrs Bulkley. Croaker-Shuter; Honeywood-Powell; Lofty-Woodward; Leontine-Bensley; Sir William Honeywood-Clarke; Jarvis-Dunstall; Bailiff-R. Smith; Postboy-Quick; Miss Richland-Mrs Bulkley; Olivia-Mrs Mattocks; Mrs Croaker-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Garnet-Mrs Green (Genest, V, 189);Also Morris, Morgan, Cushing, Mrs White.Also Morris, Morgan, Cushing, Mrs White.
Cast
Role: Sir William Honeywood Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: As17671230, but Sir William Meadows-Dibdin; Eustace-Baker.

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: II: The Highland Reel, as17680307

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Command of their Majesties. Present Their Majesties, the Prince of Wales and Prince Frederick. Gave Yeomen of Guards #2 2s. Receipts: #221 6s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: As17680419 but to avoid confusion whole cast is Hawthorne-Morris; Justice Woodcock-Shuter; Sir William Meadows-Dibdin; Young Meadows-Mattocks; Eustace-Dyer; Hodge-Dunstall; Marjorie-Mrs Baker; Deborah Woodcock-Mrs Pitt; Lucinda-Mrs Mattocks; Rosetta-Mrs Pinto; With a Dance- incidental to the opera.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Dance: II: A New Grand Ballet call'd the The Tartarians, as17680416

Event Comment: Afterpiece: With the Two Additional Scenes. [See 26 Oct. 1767.] Receipts: #126 19s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Hawthorn-Morris; Woodcock-Shuter; Sir William Meadows-Lewis; Young Meadows-Mattocks; Eustace-Dyer; Hodge-Dunstall; Margery-Mrs Baker; Deborah-Mrs Pitt; Lucinda-Mrs Mattocks; Rosetta-Mrs Pinto.
Cast
Role: Sir William Meadows Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace; or, Harlequin Skeleton

Performance Comment: The Baby-the Giant; Harlequin-Miles; Chasseur Royal-Mahoon; Merlin-Legg; Diana-Mrs Baker; Doctor-Banks; Colombine-Mrs Dyer; Pierrot-Morris.
Cast
Role: The Baby Actor: the Giant

Dance: A Dance-incidental to the Opera; II: Hornpipe-Mas. Blurton (apprentice to Fishar)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The English Merchant

Performance Comment: Freeport-Yates; Falbridge-Bensley; Spatter-Woodward; Sir William-Hull; Owen-Gibson; La France-Quick; Lady Alton-Mrs Bellamy; Mrs Goodman-Mrs Ward; Molly-Mrs Mattocks; Amelia-Miss Morris.
Cast
Role: Sir William Actor: Hull

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): Theophilus Cibber
Event Comment: Mainpiece: A Comedy by Mrs E. Griffith, acted for first time. New Scenes, Dresses, Decorations, etc. Neville MS Diary: While I stood at the Pit door of Drury Lane Playhouse, took occasion to say that now they (meaning the present venal House of Commons) had expelled Mr Wilkes they would proceed to do everything that is bad. For which one present (I suppose a friend of the Court) said they would proceed to send me to Newgate if it should come to their ears

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Rakes

Performance Comment: Parts by: Holland, King, Reddish, Cautherly, Dodd, Palmer, Baddeley, Mrs Baddeley, Mrs Clive. Prologue, Epilogue. Frampton-Reddish; Lord Eustace-Cautherly; Sir William Evans-Holland; Willis-Dodd; Capt. Loyd-King; Col. Evans-Palmer; Robert-Baddeley; Mrs Winifred-Mrs Clive; Harriet-Mrs Baddeley; Betty-Mrs Smith; Prologue-King; Epilogue (by Garrick)-Mrs Clive (Edition of 1769).
Cast
Role: Lord Eustace Actor: Cautherly
Role: Sir William Evans Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: I: The Wake, as17680929

Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. Mainpiece: Never acted there. Afterpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [See 20 March 1766.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Young Meadows-Dodd; Hodge-King; Sir William Meadows-Parsons; Rosetta-Mrs Baddeley; Justice Woodcock-Hartry; Margery-Miss Pope; Deborah-Mrs Love; Lucinda-Miss Radley; Eustace-Fawcett; Hawthorne-Vernon; In Act I, a Dance- incidental to the Opera.

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performance Comment: Young Philpot-Dodd, 1st time; Old Philpot-Parsons; Sir Jasper Wilding-Burton; Young Wilding-J. Aickin; Corinna-Miss Platt; Maria-Miss Pope; Beaufort-Strange; Dapper-Messink; Quildrive-Castle (playbill); Old Philpot-Baddeley (Public Advertiser).
Cast
Role: Sir Jasper Wilding Actor: Burton

Dance: II: New Comic Dance, as17681210; End of Opera: The Wake, as17680929

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: Mrs Cole, Smirk-Foote; Sir William Wealthy-Castle; Richard Wealthy-Aickin; The Minor-Forde (from Dublin, his first appearance on this stage); Dick-Morgan; Shift (with Imitations), Dr Squintum-Bannister; Loader-Davis; Tally-Jacobs; Transfer-Weston; Lucy-Miss Ogilvie.
Cast
Role: Sir William Wealthy Actor: Castle
Role: The Minor Actor: Forde

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Performance Comment: Major Sturgeon-Foote; Heeltap-Davis; Matthew Mugg-Bannister; Jerry Sneak-Weston; Lint-Castle; Bruin-Kearny; Roger-Jacobs; Snuffle-Pierce; Mob-Vandermere, Summers, Sharpless, Wheeler, Farrell; Mrs Sneak-Mrs Gardner; Sir Jacob Jallop-Sowdon.
Cast
Role: Matthew Mugg Actor: Bannister
Role: Sir Jacob Jallop Actor: Sowdon.

Dance: As17690515

Event Comment: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. No Persons to be admitted behind the Scenes, nor any Money returned after the Curtain is drawn up. Places for Boxes to be had (only) of Mr Sarjant at the Stage Door. The Doors to be opened at 5 o'clock. To begin exactly at 6 o'clock. [Customary footnote to all Bills.] Receipts: #177 13s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Hawthorn-Morris; Justice Woodcock-Shuter; Young Meadows-Mattocks; Eustace-Dyer; Hodge-Dunstall; Margery-Mrs Baker; Deborah-Mrs Pitt; Lucinda-Mrs Mattocks; Rosetta-Mrs Pinto; Sir William Meadows-Gibson; With a Dance- incidental to the Opera.

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Dance: II: A Comic Dance-Fishar, Sga Manesiere [See17671106]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The English Merchant

Performance Comment: Freeport-Yates; Spatter-Woodward; Owen-Gibson; LaFrance-Quick; Falbridge-Bensley; Sir William Douglas-Hull; Mrs Goodman-Mrs Barrington; Molly-Mrs Mattocks; Lady Alton-Mrs Bellamy; Amelia-Mrs Yates, first time.
Cast
Role: Sir William Douglas Actor: Hull

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald